I really need to stop starting my entries with "Hello again!" Well, anyway, in regards to my last post, I'm thinking that Wonder Woman really wasn't just based on one person. But one person that I know had a huge part in influencing her was my namesake, Olive Byrne. I always looked at Olive as a second mother. She was so sweet and basically took care of me when Mom was working. But honestly, she was so similar to Wonder Woman. I mean, we can start out with the physical stuff. Wonder Woman and Olive both had bracelets. Does that make it any more clearer? They both had big bracelets they wore everyday, this couldn't just be random. Growing up, I knew Olive as someone so bright and warm. She spread happiness everywhere she went. Doesn't Wonder Woman do the same? She literally spreads happiness by saving the day and making everything better. And Dad and Olive spent so much time together, from when Olive was in college to adulthood. Dad even based Etta Candy on Olive's best friend. And she and her sorority sisters were all featured in my favorite comic, the one about the evil Bullfinch corporation. Some of her had to rub off on him.

On a side note, I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to actually know the people I'm writing of. Well, I don't personally know Emmeline, Margaret, or Ethel, but Dad and Olive always talked so fondly of them I feel as though they could be my next door neighbor. All of this prying around in my family will be worth it when I put together the pieces of who Wonder Woman was based on!